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South Dakota State to Opt Into NCAA Settlement
BROOKINGS, S.D. – The South Dakota State University Athletics Department has elected to opt into the House v. NCAA settlement ahead of the June 30 deadline, announced SDSU Director of Athletics Justin Sell on Friday. South Dakota State Athletics strives [Read More…]
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Ryan wins for 7th time in 8 decisions, Clemens hits 9th homer and Twins beat Mariners 2-0
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Ryan won for the seventh time in eight decisions, Kody Clemens hit his ninth homer and Willi Castro drove in the go-ahead run as the Minnesota Twins beat the Seattle Mariners [Read More…]
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South Dakota State Mourns Passing of Nate White
South Dakota State University is mourning the death of football student-athlete Nate White. He was 20 years old. “Jackrabbit football is a brotherhood and today we are all hurting with the shocking news of the loss [Read More…]
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Johnson expected to announce for governor, Jackley ‘preparing to run’ for Johnson’s U.S. House seat
Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight With just under a year to go before the 2026 primary election, Republican political dominoes have begun to fall in South Dakota. U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson said Friday that he’ll make [Read More…]
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U.S. Supreme Court ruling clears way for online pornography restrictions in South Dakota
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight A Friday decision by the U.S. Supreme Court set the stage for a law restricting access to online pornography to take effect Tuesday in South Dakota, but the ruling doesn’t shield [Read More…]
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DANR Announces Nearly $15.9 Million in Loans for Statewide Projects
PIERRE, S.D. – Today, the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) announced that the Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved $15,878,000 in state loans including $3,464,000 in principal forgiveness for drinking [Read More…]
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South Dakota loses federal funds for prison rape elimination amid fears of national impact
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight The South Dakota Department of Corrections has lost access to more than $25,000 in federal funding meant to aid in the investigation and prevention of sexual assaults in prisons and jails. [Read More…]
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Rapid City diving into the sports complex game
Emily DeCock/South Dakota News Watch Rapid City, South Dakota, leaders plan to build a new indoor sports complex that will cost around $50 million and provide South Dakota athletes with a venue on the west [Read More…]
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Transgender rights group aims to expand activist-founded database of LGBTQ-friendly businesses
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight A South Dakota nonprofit focused on transgender rights will curate and maintain what’s been a volunteer-run, searchable database of businesses friendly to LGBTQ+ patrons. The Transformation Project and the database, known as Dorothy’s [Read More…]
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Prison task force is offered sites east of Box Elder, near unbuilt hog operation in Sioux Falls
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight Land that Sioux Falls economic development boosters had once hoped to see anchored by a $500 million slaughterhouse is now on offer as a men’s prison site. Also a prison site [Read More…]
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Legislative group studies South Dakota’s high incarceration rate, overrepresentation of Indigenous prisoners
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — The overrepresentation of Native Americans in state prisons, a lack of rehabilitation programming, and a need for more intervention to keep people out of prison are the biggest [Read More…]
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Wednesday Sports: June 25, 2025
WEDNESDAY SPORTS, JUNE 25, 2025 AMATEUR BASEBALL Alexandria 7, Mount Vernon 1 – The Angels Jack Gray had 13 strikeouts over 6 innings. Cole Wenande and Tyson Gau combined for four hits and five RBIs [Read More…]
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Rodríguez sacrifice fly in 9th lifts Mariners over Twins 6-5 for 8th win in 11 games
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Julio Rodríguez drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning after Jhoan Duran hit a pair of batters with pitches, lifting the Seattle Mariners over the Minnesota [Read More…]
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NBA owners unanimously approve $1.5 Billion sale of Wolves, WNBA’s Lynx from Taylor to Lore-Rodriguez group
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The $1.5 billion sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves from Glen Taylor to an investment group led by e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore and former baseball star Alex Rodriguez gained NBA approval on Tuesday, finalizing a complex and contentious process [Read More…]
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South Dakota State Football Sets Game Times and Promotions
Special events and kickoff times for South Dakota State’s seven-game home football schedule have been finalized. The 2025 season kicks off Aug. 30, when the Jackrabbits host Sacramento State in the Precision Ag Bowl. Kickoff [Read More…]
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Governor commits funding to revive training program for inmates
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden is giving new life to a training program for inmates that was shelved recently. “Being Open for Opportunity means investing in people and believing in second chances,” Rhoden [Read More…]
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Athletics celebrate groundbreaking of $1.75 billion stadium project in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — With mounds of dirt, construction vehicles and the exact location where home plate will be at the new Athletics ballpark serving as the backdrop Monday morning, team owner John Fisher stood [Read More…]
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Dominican prosecutors in Wander Franco trial seek 5-year prison sentence
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican prosecutors requested on Monday that suspended Tampa Bay Rays player Wander Franco, who faces charges of sexual abuse involving a girl who was 14 years old at the time of [Read More…]
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Raleigh hits one of Seattle’s four homers as Mariners romp over Twins 11-2
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 32nd home run on Monday, one of four by the Seattle Mariners in their 11-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Raleigh hit a two-run shot to [Read More…]
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SDSU’s Rod DeHaven Named Summit League Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year
BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State’s Rod DeHaven has been named the Summit League Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year, the conference office released Monday. DeHaven guided the Jackrabbits’ men’s outdoor team to a conference [Read More…]